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from FiveThirtyEight
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, Media/News Company owned by ABC NewsThe policy is broadly popular, but that doesn’t mean it will affect vote choice. Congressional Democrats are pushing to give most Americans $2,000 stimulus checks, arguing that this is a fast and direct way to help millions of Americans as they struggle with the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 President Trump supports $2,000 payments, too, but most congressional Republicans don’t. Because of that congressional GOP opposition, the $2,000 checks aren’t likely to become law. But Democrats think they have a winning issue electorally ahead of next week’s U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Savvy newspaper readers can spot bias from the opening paragraph of an article or a column, without even knowing the byline. Like the opinion piece published last Saturday with this phrase in the opening line: “… Donald Trump’s religious right-wing takeover of the federal courts …” (“Trump’s judicial picks will cause lasting harm,” Elizabeth Cavell). Dropping the current president’s title is the first clue. “Religious right-wing” confirms this opinion piece is coming from left field, and not from the “religious left-wing” but from the anti-religious. Whining about the federal courts is the final tip-off. Progressives have been sullen about President Trump’s originalist judicial appointments since the first confirmation hearings in 2017.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
In the week after Joe Biden was proclaimed the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump had originally refused to concede defeat and was slammed over ostensibly procrastinating with the transition. However, he finally granted permission for it to start “in the best interests of our country". The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is reportedly furious over the fact that Donald Trump’s administration has procrastinated over a co-ordinated handover of the Defence Department to the incoming team of President-elect Joe Biden, writes Business Insider.
This year has undoubtedly given us many things to reflect on: the coronavirus pandemic, major BLM protests, tragic Beirut explosions and a full-scale war in Nagorno-Karabakh have left few people unscathed. Neither have things been exactly plain-sailing when it came to the world's crowned heads.
Washington has been threatening to disconnect Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) for years, with the threats going back to the Obama era. Moscow has responded by creating a domestic alternative to the payment system known as the SPFS, a Russian acronym for "System for Transfer of Financial Messages."
The US Senate Finance Committee initially launched an investigation into the relationship between non-profit organization World Vision and Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) in February 2019, in the wake of a National Review article in July 2018 that claimed Barack Obama’s administration had approved a “$200,000 grant of taxpayer money to ISRA.”
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from The Week
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, Media/News Company in New York, NY
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he hasn't heard 'a single congressional Republican' dispute the election in private
Republican House members and at least one senator are lining up to oppose President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 win. But Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) says that's not what's happening behind the scenes.
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he hasn't heard 'a single congressional Republican' dispute the election in private
Republican House members and at least one senator are lining up to oppose President-elect Joe Biden's 2020 win. But Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) says that's not what's happening behind the scenes.
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